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Patterns of earthworm communities and species traits in relation to the perturbation gradient of a restored floodplain

Auteur(s)
Fournier, Bertrand 
Institut de biologie 
Samaritani, Emanuela 
Institut de biologie 
Shrestha, Juna
Mitchell, Edward 
Institut de biologie 
Le Bayon Renée-Claire
In
Applied Soil Ecology, Elsevier, 2012/59//87-95
Mots-clés
  • Earthworms
  • Biodiversity
  • Flooding
  • Species traits
  • Bioindicator
  • River restoration
  • Earthworms

  • Biodiversity

  • Flooding

  • Species traits

  • Bioindicator

  • River restoration

Résumé
Little is known about the diversity and ecology of earthworms in floodplains, as well as their response to natural and anthropic perturbations (<i>e.g.</i> floods, river channelisation, floodplain restoration). We characterised the patterns of earthworm communities and species traits in the different habitats of a lowland restored floodplain in Switzerland. In addition to classical species-based metrics, such as species richness and Shannon diversity, species traits were used to calculate the community weighted means (CWMs) of traits and functional dispersion (FDis). We hypothesised that trait-based metrics would reveal clearer patterns than classical approaches. The distribution of earthworm traits varied among habitats in relation to changes in flooding frequency: poorly developed gravel bar soils most exposed to flooding were characterised by high abundance of small epigeic species and low abundance of large anecic species. Differences in anecic and endogeic earthworm community structure matched flood frequency. In agreement with our hypothesis, CWMs were more strongly correlated to environmental variables than species composition, diversity, or functional diversity. Based on these results, the ratio of the relative abundances of epigeic and anecic species, and the differences in species composition within anecic and endogeic ecological types of earthworms were identified as indicators of soil development in floodplains.
Identifiants
https://libra.unine.ch/handle/123456789/9144
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10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.03.015
Type de publication
journal article
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 main article: Fournier_Bertrand-Patterns_of_earthworm-20130820.pdf (1.42 MB)
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